Sampling artists as diverse as Hall & Oates, Steely Dan and The Turtles, 3 Feet High and Rising is often viewed as the stylistic beginning of 1990s alternative hip hop (and especially jazz rap). Feet High and Rising has been included on numerous "best-of" lists. In 1998, the album was included in The Source 's "100 Best Albums" list. [35] It was ranked number 346 on Rolling Stone 's 2003 list of the " 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", [36] maintaining the ranking in a 2012 revision of the list, [37] then rising to number 103 in a 2020 revision. [38] 3 Feet High and Rising was voted number 138 in the 2000 edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums, [39] while in 2005, it ranked 88th in a survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time. [40] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. [41] Source Magazine's 100 Best Albums". Raquenel.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24 . Retrieved 2011-08-16.

Kriticos, Christian (March 3, 2023). "A Guide to the Music of De La Soul". Paste . Retrieved March 8, 2023. Macy Gray felt it was "the best record of the past 15 years" in a Q magazine, describing De La Soul as "like the Beatles of hip hop." [45] The Village Voice, meanwhile, described 3 Feet High and Rising as "the Sgt. Pepper of hip hop". [ citation needed] Feet High and Rising is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group De La Soul, released on March 3, 1989, [2] by Tommy Boy Records. It was the first of three collaborations with the producer Prince Paul, and was the critical and commercial peak of both parties. The album title comes from the Johnny Cash song " Five Feet High and Rising". [3] The album contains the singles " Me Myself and I", "The Magic Number", " Buddy", and " Eye Know".

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Buddy (Native Tongue Decision Part 1) [feat. Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah & Monie Love] The album was a critical and commercial success. It is consistently placed on lists of the greatest albums of all time by noted critics and publications, with Robert Christgau calling it "unlike any rap album you or anybody else has ever heard". [4] In 1998, it was selected as one of The Source 's "100 Best Rap Albums" [5] and in 2020 was ranked 103 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. [6] It was selected by the Library of Congress as a 2010 addition to the National Recording Registry, which selects recordings annually that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. [7] As of 2023, it is the only De La Soul album to be certified platinum by the RIAA. [8] a b c Azerrad, Michael (March 23, 1989). "3 Feet High And Rising". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 14, 2022 . Retrieved June 13, 2012.

Dutchcharts.nl – De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 15, 2021. Feet High and Rising emerged fully formed, offering a world as richly imagined as anything American pop has ever produced. Just as hip-hop was firmly establishing itself as the most avant of pop’s garde, the best of their peers—from smooth operator Big Daddy Kane to Blastmaster KRS-One to Living Colour’s Vernon Reid—showed up at their release party to salute their achievement. Even KRS, who had just dropped what would come to be recognized as one of the best albums in hip-hop history, said it couldn’t compare what De La Soul had just made. While huddled in Los Angeles to finish their own sample-heavy Paul’s Boutique, the Beastie Boys reportedly listened to 3 Feet High, despaired, and briefly considered starting all over again. In 2006, Q magazine placed the album at No. 20 in its list of "40 Best Albums of the '80s". [42] In 2012, Slant Magazine listed the album at No. 9 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s". [43] Spex listed 3 Feet High and Rising at No. 5 on its list of the Top 100 Albums of the Century. [ citation needed] The album has also been ranked as among the top albums of 1989 by publications including Rolling Stone, The Face, Record Mirror, Sounds, OOR, and Melody Maker. [ citation needed]Turner-Williams, Jaelani (2021-12-28). "Gen-Z is Learning About De La Soul Due to 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' ". Okayplayer . Retrieved 2022-01-05. American album certifications – De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising". Recording Industry Association of America. Along with their Native Tongues peers, they were as generative as sunshine, spawning fertile new scenes around the world, including LA’s True School, the Bay Area’s indie underground, Atlanta’s Dungeon Family, Detroit’s network of Dilla and his acolytes, and subsequent generations of self-identified indie rappers, including Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Common. More broadly, 3 Feet High and Rising helped secure a new alignment of hardcore street heads with an emerging global audience of fans, the foundation of the soon-to-be-named “hip-hop nation.” Thirty years later, it remains one most influential records of the storied class of 1988-89. Lydia Slater (9 September 2010). "Toby Mott, from the punk of Pimlico to power player". Evening Standard. Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (7 February 2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 0-7893-1371-5.